Kathy Neff

 The Writing Process  Prewriting  Writing  Rewriting  The Five C’s  Common Errors  APA Documentation

WRITING WORKS ONLY WHEN IT WORKS FOR THE READER.

 Purpose  Audience  Due Date  Content  Format  Length  Documentation Style

 WRITING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A THINKING TASK  Knowledge  Comprehension  Application  ANALYSIS  SYNTHESIS  EVALUATION

What IS good writing?

 COMPLETE  CLEAR  CONCISE  CORRECT  COMPELLING

 PREWRITING  WRITING  REWRITING

 Generate ideas  Do research  Organize ideas  Plan content and structure

 Brainstorming  Free Writing  Mind Mapping  Branching  Reporter’s Questions  Cubing  Outlining

Just DO it! Do just IT!

 REVISE  EDIT  PROOFREAD

 “DATA”  “SIGNIFICANT”  “THEIR”  INDEFINITE PRONOUNS  COMMAS

 Citations  No URLs  Author (or title) and Year  Page/paragraph numbers with quotations  Punctuation after citation/parentheses  Personal communication  Reference Page  Alphabetical order  Hanging Indent  Author name  Capitalization in titles  Formatting in titles

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